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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

How to make a Hotspot (without Ad Hoc) using your laptop Wifi

To create a hotspot the most commonly used way is to use Wi-Fi router to share Internet access to devices that have Wi-Fi facilities (laptop, Blackberry, Smartphone, PSP, etc.).

If we want to connect 2 computers that have Wi-Fi access we usually do is one server will be Adhoc while others become a client, but if we want to share our connection with the PSP for example, Blackberry, using Adhoc will not be detected by the devices , this occurred because they needed a more secure connection.

Technical facts: One of the biggest differences between the Adhoc and Access Point is that the Access Point mode allows you to actually share the Wi-Fi connection, the Wi-Fi cards are the same as you use to access the Wi-Fi networks. Ad Hoc requires internet connection coming from another card (Ethernet, cellular or Wi-Fi card in your computer the second).

Well, now we can use the laptop / PC that we usually use only to share the connection with another laptop, using the program called Connectify. The point of this program is we can change the Wi-Fi card on our laptops to become Wi-Fi Router.

First we download the program here first and then select the menu downloads.
After we install it, turn on Wi-Fi laptop then click the notification icon located near the clock, like the image below.

Then will appear like the following view

Wifi name: Name of the connectionPassword: 8 characters passwordInternet: Internet connection that we want to shareWiFi and Mode we left it default, after that click Start Hotspot.

Viola ... Turn on your device and then connect. Now you can use the Blackberry, Smartphone, PSP, etc. without worrying about spending your pulse or buy Wi-Fi Router.